Dead country
A former country whose coins or notes survive after the state no longer exists.
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Death dollar
Nickname for Canada’s 1958 British Columbia commemorative silver dollar because its reverse totem pole was misread by some viewers as a symbol of death.
Decadrachm
A decadrachm is a large ancient Greek silver coin valued at ten drachms.
Denarius
The principal Roman silver coin introduced during the Republic and used for centuries across the Roman world.